Wow- Thank you so much Helen @ My Novel Opinion!  I am honored that you nominated me for this award.  I so enjoy reading her blog-she really poses some great questions for the new blogger!

Thank you very much Helen!

(I usually don’t put out 2 posts in one day, but heading for Boston early am, so here it is)

Now, I am supposed to do the following-

1. Display the Award Certificate on your blog.
2. Announce your win with a post. Make sure to post a link back to me as a ‘thank you’ for the nomination.
3. Present 15 awards to deserving bloggers.
4. Drop them a comment to tip them off after you have linked them in the post.
5. Post 7 interesting things about yourself.

Oh man- maybe a little harder than I thought- here it goes!

There are so many awesome blogs out there-and I am not sure who accepts awards or not, but here are a few that I really look forward to reading everyday-

~ Rebecca @ Love At First Book

~ Jennifer @ The Relentless Reader

~Allison @ The Book Wheel

~ Lisa @ Bookshelf Fantasies

~ Melinda @ The Book Musing

~ Elizabeth @ Silver’s Reviews

~ Erin @ Written Permission

~ Rory @ Fourth Street Reviews

~ Jamie @ Book Magnet

~ Katie @ Words For Worms

~ Lauren @ Books, Tea, and Me

~ Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out

~ Sarah @ Sarah Says Read

~ Ionia @ Readful Things

~ Bradley @ Green Embers and Green Embers Recommends

Whew!

Now 7 (hopefully) interesting things about myself-

The first three happened after I turned 40- must be losing my mind

1.  I started skiing for the first time ever this past February-I am still scared!

2.  I started running two months ago-first time since high school- I even signed up for my first 5k in a month called Tunnel To Towers- you should check out this amazing story here.

3.  I started this blog a few months back because I started forgetting which books I had already read.  Too many times I would get 10 pages in and say-Darn, I think I already read this.

4.  I am a dog addict.  If I see a dog, I HAVE to ask if I can pet it.  Not that friendly with humans, though.

5.  I reread my favorite books over and over.

6.  I never knew parenting teenagers would be this hard.  I feel compelled to call my mom everyday and say I am sorry.

7.  As corny as it sounds-my husband is truly the love of my life.